. Activities handbook. Veterinary medicine. Scre\v«\jini laivae growing on meat-blood-waler mix- ture in electrically heated vats. The .SeioriiiK ll\-reiiriiiK facility was com- pleted on July 10, 1958. Within a short time, 50 to 70 million tlies per week were beinjr pro- duced and dispersed. Larvae were reared on a mixture of ground meat, blood, and water in shallow, heated vats maintained at a constant temperature of 98" F. Approximately 80,000 pounds of meat, 4,500 uallons of blood, and 9,GOO gallons of water were needed to rear 50 million larvae. Mature larvae crawled from the vats an
. Activities handbook. Veterinary medicine. Scre\v«\jini laivae growing on meat-blood-waler mix- ture in electrically heated vats. The .SeioriiiK ll\-reiiriiiK facility was com- pleted on July 10, 1958. Within a short time, 50 to 70 million tlies per week were beinjr pro- duced and dispersed. Larvae were reared on a mixture of ground meat, blood, and water in shallow, heated vats maintained at a constant temperature of 98" F. Approximately 80,000 pounds of meat, 4,500 uallons of blood, and 9,GOO gallons of water were needed to rear 50 million larvae. Mature larvae crawled from the vats and dropped into trays of sand where they pupated. Pupae were separated from sand and stored under optimum. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Agricultural Research Service. Animal Disease Eradication Division. [from old catalog]. Washington, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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